PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FLORIDA – After Webb Simpson banged in a 27-foot birdie putt from behind the 15th green at the TPC Sawgrass Stadium Course on Friday afternoon to launch himself deeper into the ether, his playing companion Tyrrell Hatton walked over to Simpson’s caddie Paul Tesori with a simple…

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FLORIDA | Had it been opening night on Broadway, the reviews would have been … meh. Were it a special recipe at a trendy restaurant, you might ask for salt and pepper and maybe some hot sauce, too. Had it been … well, without belaboring the point…

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FLORIDA | It’s possible, depending on how this weekend plays out, that any one of four players – Justin Thomas, Jon Rahm, Jordan Spieth or Justin Rose – could end Dustin Johnson’s 64-week run as the top-ranked golfer in the world. They will have to go through…

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FLORIDA | It is thought it has never happened before. Justin Rose, Ian Poulter and Tommy Fleetwood playing together in a tournament, that is. Not just three Europeans. Not just three Britons. But three Englishmen, all of whom figure to be at the Ryder Cup in France…

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FLORIDA | Finally healthy after months recovering from a serious left wrist injury, Brooks Koepka was nearly undone by an unaware man on a golf cart Wednesday afternoon. Koepka was left to deal with pain in his mended wrist while the unknown cart driver escaped something potentially…

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FLORIDA | Maybe the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass simply has it in for Jordan Spieth. Intent on snapping a string of three consecutive missed cuts in the Players Championship, Spieth instead gave himself a head start on another weekend off with a first-round 75 in…